In the mean time the Kern River is being stocked directly with San Joaquin Hatchery trout . A word of caution. It is now expected to be contained by 9/30, however, that seems very optimistic. It was hoped that trout from the SJ hatchery might be trucked in and stocked soon as river conditions have improved but apparently that is not in the cards either I guess? Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ loved ones. The bottom line is local trout plants will be down significantly for the remainder of the year and a restart of the Kern River hatchery and a trophy trout program is months away. For those that are catch and release fly fishers, we avoid fishing water as it nears 70 degrees to avoid lethally stressing rainbow trout. Hopefully the practice will be considered permanently and would greatly improve the distribution of planted trout on all of our waters. 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Not much change in the snow level as this last storm that dumped a lot of rain had a snow level above 7,500’. See here https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7048/ At this time the Sequoia National Forest area, including trails, is still closed north of the Johnsondale Bridge because of the SQF fire. The Kern flows are still low and Section 5 is still almost a trickle at 45 cfs. Mountian 99 north of Kernville is currently closed. Also, for the first time ever, specific trout holding locations are now being sold online to both bait and catch and release fishers. TRENTON, Mich. (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Jared Rhode of Port Clinton, Ohio, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 49 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division super-tournament on the Detroit River Sunday. At this time it isn’t clear what methodology is used to determine where the plants go but it is assumed it is where people are most like to catch them? NOAA 3 month forecast https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1 Expect the current dangerous conditions on both the Upper and Lower Kern to get much worse very soon. So there you have it from the horse’s mouth. He had been using it for years. They have used for years. In addition, CDFW has temporarily postponed fishing on the North Fork Yuba River in Sierra County. While the Lower Kern has been getting planted regularly no word on how the catching is there among club members. I stopped at 4 locations and spent quite a bit of time bush wacking and aggressively wading. Unfortunately, big trout will succumb to the higher water temps much faster than dink trout. Back to the future at the hatchery. Other public commenter’s believe that closing one area to fishing will crowd people into other areas. Today there are far fewer fishers on our local waters indicating the harvesting is near completion and lake temps have risen rapidly with the near 90’s we saw in the afternoons locally. That is where most trout are hanging in the water column this time of year, especially when the pocket water is very productive. Pine Flat Reservoir is low and will be in the accumulation mode so releases should remain low. Flows on the Lower Kings have remained rock solid at 270 cfs so wading is fine and so is the catching. A fly-fisher in a drift boat casts for smallmouth bass on Aug. 26 in the "Paddle the Pads" bass-fishing contest on the St. Louis River. The Upper Kern town locations got stocked before Turkey Day and the catching heated up but effective harvesting has put the bite down. Looking forward to 4/28 the Kern River hatchery will host a free fishing day at the hatchery for kids 15 and under 9 am to 3 pm. It was a very healthy looking 17” rainbow that took a #16 BHFBPT. Please encourage friends and family to stay out and stay alive. TULE 22% A double digit day is only possible for the most aggressive waders. This year we have a 197% snow pack max’d out near April 1st. I hope the harvesters don’t return tomorrow. Those areas are no longer secret it seems and will likely be pressured until stocking resumes. There are fewer campers than two weeks ago likely because of the extreme heat and smoke I’m sure. Flows <270 cfs and good for wading. I have been a keen beach and … The first snow pack survey data won’t be available until early February, however, rainfall totals in the Southern San Joaquin Valley are just 30% of where they should be this time of year. During the course of my day, ending at 2 pm, I landed 3 on it. If you can help with the clean up you just need to bring a shovel and boots – give the hatchery a ring at 760-376-2846 . Nothing large in their bellies, but they did devour my #12 red hooked Arnerd and #16 BHFBPT hung deep below my Hills’ foam Stonefly #12. The Kern River Fly Fishers encourage everyone to follow the current orders of the State and County Health Officers. Wet wading a good idea. More on that later. The Governor has tightened up restrictions for Kern and Tulare Counties and much of California. Skill and patience is required to land these beasts. Cope's Tackle & Rod Shop paid to have a private hatchery stuff Riverwalk Lake with lightning and rainbow trout up to 10 pounds on Tuesday. For this reduction, we tried to maintain efficient stocking in about 30 locations instead of doing a poor job at 70 locations. Had no idea why I could not land these trout so I tied on fresh flies and my land rate went way up. The Lower Kings trophy trout program started two weeks ago. Although I landed half the numbers of last week on that stretch, I did find my three biggest rainbows in the same lies as last week. Given the limited availability of trout to plant, we target sections 3, 4, and 5 in the Upper Kern River.”. It looks like the next time we will see safe wading and productive catching on the Upper Kern will be in late July similar to 2017. The Lower Kern will be finally be planted the first week in April, let’s hope flows stay safe. Tight lines and look for an update next week. The Mercury Move of the Tournament at the Tennessee River features the up and down nature of Steve Kennedy's 2nd place finish. Whoa! So my trips up river likely will be less frequent going forward. I avoid fishing any trout river when temperatures exceed 70 degrees. Shoal bass can only survive in the kind of habitat the Flint River provides, not many of which exist elsewhere. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting starts at 7:00 pm. CDFW stocking guidelines here https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Hatcheries/Criteria Perhaps after Whiskey Flat Days could make for some decent catching? Back in April the number was less than 200 county wide. I covered a lot of water on three different half mile long runs and landed 33 rainbows with about a dozen 16 to 17 inches. Because the river is flowing so strong you can’t horse them upstream and wading fast downstream guarantees you will slip into the river. Bait poachers on the catch and release section have been issued heavy fines by very stealthy CDFW wardens. The St Johns River begins as a freshwater fishery, before transforming into brackish waters as it makes its way towards the Atlantic. It looks like the next time we will see safe wading and productive catching on the Upper Kern will be in late July similar to 2017 when flows dropped well below 1,000 cfs. Second, warmer weather could mean warmer river temperatures. Two years ago with another huge snow pack over a dozen people lost their lives in the Kern River including three that had no intention of entering the water but slipped on rocks next to the river or were standing near the river when the eroding river bank collapsed into the river. I arrived at Riverside Park in Kernville around 9 am. Those wilder trout likely lost their natural wariness over that time frame and fattened up a bit. My guess is that after May 1st the wading and catching could get good for a short time until harvesting depletes the opening day plants. It has to be the best value for a new fly fisher in our area and you will be taught by some experts that have decades of fly fishing on our Kern River and other area waters. Prizes are being offered by Cope's as well. I work on this daily. Why? There are no plants for Bakersfield Lakes. Unfortunately, several bait fishers saw me landing nice trout last week. The fully operating hatchery requires between 23 –26 cfs of COOL water. So we aren't very far from it on section 5. Friends have reported that river temps have dropped since the heat wave last week. No stomach pumping or photos taken today, making sure to return the trout back to the river ASAP. Far fewer pounds are being place into the Upper Kern now. Didn’t fight half as much as rainbow would. Headquarters Campground was open and I think so was Fairview. We didn’t want to be in a wide meadow when the bolts hit. I moved much further up river and decided to give section 6 a try. Some members have been following this program for well over 3 decades. Water temp was 60 degrees at the start and air temp 72 but climbed fast. For more information see the links below. If we have another low snow pack year that won’t be possible again this year. I moved on to another stretch and found trout willing again in areas I couldn’t reach last week. We did see a lot of stonefly shucks everywhere we fished today. https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Inland/Trout-Plan/Regulation-Simplification. Please consider joining with us to promote this change. This was the only trout big enough to consider sampling stomach contents the last two weeks for me. Fire Alert UPDATE 7:30AM - Castle Fire - 08/30/20. Then they have to survive +70 degree Kern River temperatures. Fish on the lowest parts of section 5 to give you the best opportunity to avoid flow spikes. However, trout plants are still going forward. I also wet waited and at 55° I don’t advise it. At this time there is no indication from my sources that the hatchery will be operational anytime soon. The stocking web site was not updated to reflect any stocking on the 20 mile section for August when I last checked. The best way to enjoy fishing on Bass River and at the same time protect its important resources is to be a responsible angler . They reported, “The Kern River Hatchery will remain closed until the siphon in feed pipeline replacement work is complete and the improvements can provide a reliable water supply. However, I did cover a ton of water. This is to burn off excessive and non-native grasses and brush. Recommended baits are live shad if available or, of coarse wild shiners. Five of the six trout I landed today took a #16 bead head flash back pheasant tail (BHFBPT). Pleasant temperatures and great flows around 150 cfs look to be good for the club outing later this month. That big stock pile of trout can now be accessed much more safely by wading fly fishers. Landed a 14” bow likely wild but had no other grabs and did not see trout or any rising. Keep a thermometer with you in August and September as temps near 100 degrees and flows above Fairview Dam continue to slowly fall. They got to learn about rainbow trout and aquatic insect biology, behavior, and habitat. A little drizzle dropped. I headed further up river checking out three other stretches on the low flow section with two more netted. 3x tippet or thicker a must. Hopefully a restart of a trophy trout program here could be initiated during a good water year. Water temp 60 degrees on section 4 and air temp 72 degrees. Time will tell it seems. As colder temperatures return we will see more planting in our local BFL lakes. Never landed 2 browns on the same day on the 20 mile section that I can recall. Based on previous years we will see 70 degree river temps at the hatchery shortly after Memorial Day. Click here and select “Live stream of Commission Meetings while in session” tab at the upper right portion of the web page https://fgc.ca.gov/ Here is how some of our favorite rivers ended up for April 1, 2020. We also have one of the most involved clubs in the western U.S. and our members come from all walks of life and you will find us Bakersfield salt of the earth friendly. That will make for a great few days and then high elevation wilds will be the targets around the 4th and beyond. They were emphatic that if waters are restricted by the CFGC to fishing the water should be closed to everyone. Very little surface action with the cooler temps (except for some dinks). Stay Safe. I wasn’t sure how bad things had gotten, because there has been an uptick in flows. I did pump a stomach again and the same small may fly nymphs were extracted. Catching has really been a challenge the last weeks nearly every where in Kern County. I got into chunkier rainbows, ironically the 17th rainbow I landed was 17” and the 18th was 18”. This is up from two weeks ago and may have finally started to decline for the first time since this pandemic hit us. The agenda for the April 15-16, 2020 Commission meeting has been revised to add Item 2 to consider an emergency regulation regarding sport and recreational fishing. Many of you tried to participate. The Yough (local name) is an excellent coldwater fishery. This will ensure there will be additional pressure on the lake and likely means fewer solid sized rainbows will migrate up river this year. There is more news from the Friends of the Hatchery as they acquired another grant to enclose the inlet culvert to the hatchery. Lots of acrobatics and trout much more active than last week when river temps hit extreme levels. I landed several 8 – 11” wilds over the next hour and one 16” pristine bow that made my day and worth the effort to find it. The first two hours I covered about a half a mile and picked up a dozen rainbows and one brown trout. Usually there will be plantings just before the traditional opening Saturday 4/28 and unfortunately near peak run off this year which will likely be below 2,000 cfs . I was hoping that fertile trout stocking might be attempted again (as described in my last post) on sections 4 and 5 but I guess not. Spring largemouth bass fishing is generally the best when water temperatures increase and bass prepares to spawn. Also the free fishing for the kids day was a huge success with hundreds of kids participating at the hatchery. If you are on the wrong side of the Upper Kern River you will only have a minute or less to get back on the road side before uncrossable flows end your fishing and may make for a very long walk to a safe crossing!
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